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It Isn’t Easy Voting Greennew

Pro-environment talk is cheap. Which of Chicago's mayoral candidates will back it up?
Chicago Reader  |  Kari Lydersen  |  02-17-2011  |  Elections

Rampage!new

All hell breaks loose as Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker runs roughshod over public employees.
Isthmus  |  Isthmus Staff  |  02-17-2011  |  Politics

Sum of Samnew

An interview with Portland Mayor Sam Adams in advance oh his State of the City speech.
Willamette Week  |  Henry Stern  |  02-16-2011  |  Politics

The Warriorsnew

How the decades-long fight against AIDS made radicals out of activists.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Holly Otterbein  |  02-15-2011  |  Politics

Pin the Fail on the Donkeynew

Jeremy Alford on the collapse of the Louisiana Democratic Party -- and what lies ahead for the Dems.
Gambit  |  Jeremy Alford  |  02-01-2011  |  Politics

Sarah's Warnew

Palin started a blood libel war in Tucson. "Refudiate that!" says former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell.
Miami New Times  |  Luther Campbell  |  01-20-2011  |  Commentary

Desert Storm: How the GOP and the Sunset State Nurture the Lunatic Fringenew

Tragedy in Tucson re-opens the question of the GOP's dangerous embrace of extremists.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  01-14-2011  |  Commentary

Company Sells Engraved “You Lie” Component For AR-15 Riflenew

A South Carolina gun and accessories company is selling semi-automatic rifle components inscribed with “You lie” – a tribute to the infamous words of 2nd District Republican Congressman Joe Wilson when he shouted at President Barack Obama during a congressional speech about national health care reform in the fall of 2009.
Columbia Free Times  |  Corey Hutchins  |  01-12-2011  |  Politics

The Gabrielle Giffords Shootingnew

Rightbloggers comfort the real victims of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting: Themselves.
The Village Voice  |  Roy Edroso  |  01-11-2011  |  Commentary

Political Violence? Stop Violent Politics

The cognitive disconnect between reality and self-perception in American society and politics is bizarre and frightening.
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  01-10-2011  |  Commentary

Jerry Brown's Karmanew

What can California expect from Jerry Brown this time around?
Sacramento News & Review  |  Tom Hayden  |  01-06-2011  |  Politics

The Road To 2012: The New New Hampshirenew

Mitt Romney and the rest of the GOP field are about to find a whole new set of players standing between them and first-in-the-nation primary victory.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  01-03-2011  |  Elections

One-Party Rule Hurts Georgianew

The defections of nine state lawmakers to the GOP has ensured the state's foreseeable future.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Scott Henry  |  12-30-2010  |  Commentary

Drug Addicts Unite!new

An Oakland-based group of methadone users and their medical providers has formed a political lobbying to help shape California policy.
East Bay Express  |  Julia Landau  |  12-29-2010  |  Politics

Praying For Votesnew

As more Latinos gravitate to evangelical churches, does that mean a boon for Texas Republicans on election days? Not necessarily.
The Texas Observer  |  Michael May  |  12-23-2010  |  Elections

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